Patents by Inventor Clinton A. Hammes

Clinton A. Hammes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Machined film holes
    Patent number: 10030524
    Abstract: A component comprises a set of thin film cooling holes formed therein. Each of the thin film cooling holes provides a passage between a first surface of the component and a second surface of the component. Each of the thin film cooling holes includes a smooth transition between the first surface of the component and the surface the passage, and a progressively steeper flow path relative to the first surface of the component and between the smooth transition and the second surface of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Rhodes, Clinton A. Hammes, Rusty M. Garner
  • MACHINING PARAMETER CONTROL BASED ON ACOUSTIC MONITORING
    Publication number: 20160297044
    Abstract: A computing devices sends control signals to a machine tool to machine a component to form a feature in the component according to the control signals. The computing device monitors, while machining the feature into the component with the machine tool, acoustic signals produced by the machining of the component by the machine tool. During the machining of the feature into the component, the computing device modifies at least one machining parameter defined by the control signals based on the monitored acoustic signals. The computing device continues to send the modified control signals to the machine tool to machine the feature into the component according to the modified machining parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Mike R. Dunkin, Clinton A. Hammes
  • MACHINED FILM HOLES
    Publication number: 20160245092
    Abstract: A component comprises a set of thin film cooling holes formed therein. Each of the thin film cooling holes provides a passage between a first surface of the component and a second surface of the component. Each of the thin film cooling holes includes a smooth transition between the first surface of the component and the surface the passage, and a progressively steeper flow path relative to the first surface of the component and between the smooth transition and the second surface of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Rhodes, Clinton A. Hammes, Rusty M. Garner